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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0010335 | ardour | features | public | 2026-05-15 14:22 | 2026-05-19 07:08 |
| Reporter | sound8 | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 9.2 | ||||
| Summary | 0010335: Plugin Window - Replace the on off button | ||||
| Description | Plugin GUI windows contain a toolbar at the top. On the right side of this toolbar is a large "reverse" on/off button which can be kind of a confusing approach. (Only reason I can think of is that maybe this was done this way because green light being "on" was maybe distracting?) Suggesting to replace this current on-off button/icon with just a square or rectangle (if want to keep the same size as existing) button instead. This button will not have an icon, only a centered round green led light that is "on" = green, to mimic the on/off led circles shown at left side of plugin buttons in Mixer channel effect chains. This button will no longer have "reverse" behavior, instead will use the following On = Green Light Off = Faded green/black Thank You | ||||
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It is not a reverse on/off button, it is a bypass button, documented and labeled as such, its icon also convey its meaning ("signal doesn't go through plugin"). I don't think changing such a critical piece of UI for its opposite (conceptually) is a very reasonable demand (imagine asking to replace Mute buttons with "Volume On" buttons). |
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@jean-emmanuel No well don't say it like that :) I am not saying to change the behavior if it is different. I just misunderstood what this button was actually doing. Other applications often offer an on/off button in their plugin windows that are the same as the on/off buttons in their Mixer plugin chain buttons. So I thought that it was no different then the green led on/off used in each plugins mixer channel plugin buttons, which is why I referred to it as a "reverse" on/off button. So you are saying that this is in some way different? Signal is still going through even though the plugin when turned off in Mixer plugin buttons? Might not be the same thing, but it has been mentioned that Ardour does not actually completely turn off a plugin, when you turn "off" a plugins button green led light, it is said that it still uses CPU/DSP. I had mentioned in the past that I wish there was a true off (or close to it), where a plugin that uses high DSP even at idle, could be turned "off" So then is this what this plugin GUI button does? I will make a forum post about this. |
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On/off and bypass are not different besides the inverted logic. I don't know the origin of the design decision to use the bypass form in the plugin toolbar and the other in the mixer but honestly it doesn't feel strange to me (and I use these buttons very often). |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-05-15 14:22 | sound8 | New Issue | |
| 2026-05-15 18:00 | jean-emmanuel | Note Added: 0030381 | |
| 2026-05-19 03:21 | sound8 | Note Added: 0030401 | |
| 2026-05-19 07:08 | jean-emmanuel | Note Added: 0030402 |
